Between heaven and hereSusan Straight.Check Availability
When Glorette Picard is found dead in an alley, those who knew her struggle to come to terms with her death and discover the killer, all the while finding out how intertwined her life and death was with the dark history of her city, Rio Seco. 2012; 234 p.; isbn:1936365758More Information

Tome of the undergatesby Sam Sykes.Check Availability
Lenk, a mercenary soldier, and his five associates are hired by a clergyman to safeguard a mysterious work, the Tome of the Undergates, and must battle pirates, purple women warriors, fishlike monsters, and their own distrust of each other. 2010; 487 p.; isbn:1616142421More Information

The garden of evening mists : a novelTan Twan Eng.Check Availability
Seeking solace in the Malaysian plantations of her childhood after grueling World War II experiences, criminal prosecutor Yun Ling Teoh discovers a Japanese garden and its enigmatic tender, an exiled Japanese royal gardener who reluctantly accepts her asan apprentice. 2012; 335 p.; isbn:1602861803More Information

The complete short storiesMark Twain ; with an introduction by Adam Gopnik.Check Availability
Presents a volume of satirical short tales by the literary master that includes such classics as "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg," and "The Diary of Adam and Eve." 2012; 716 p.; isbn:0307959376More Information

My escapee : storiesby Corinna Vallianatos.Check Availability
Delicate and assured, the stories in My escapee illuminate unseen forces in women's lives: the shameful thought, the stifled hope, the subterranean stresses of marriage, friendship, and family. Grappling with lost memories, escaped time, the longing to be loved, and the instinct for autonomy, the stories peer inside their characters' minds to their ... 2012; 165 p.; isbn:1558499865More Information